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Abstract

An interactive delivery interface provides a user with a multiple page display. A display job is processed into ordered pages. One of the multiple pages is selected for display on either a display screen or print media. The selected page is scaled to fit the display. At least one sequence of pages adjacent the selected page is chosen. Each page of each chosen sequence of pages is scaled to a size smaller than a size of the selected page. The selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages are displayed together on the display.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method for displaying multiple pages of a display job on a display, the method comprising: 
 (a) processing a display job into ordered pages;    (b) selecting one of the multiple pages for display;    (c) choosing at least one sequence of pages adjacent the selected page;    (d) scaling each page in each chosen sequence of pages to a size smaller than a size of the selected page; and,    (e) displaying the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages together on the display.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein processing the display job into ordered pages includes processing the displayed job into sequential pages.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein displaying the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages includes exhibiting the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages on a display screen.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein displaying the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages includes printing the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages onto print media.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  further including scaling the selected page.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein scaling each page in each chosen sequence of pages includes scaling each page in each chosen sequence to a size smaller than the size of the scaled selected page.  
     
     
         7 . A system for displaying multiple pages of a display job, the system comprising: 
 (a) an arranger configured to process the display job into ordered pages;    (b) a selector configured to select one of the multiple pages for display;    (c) an indicator configured to choose at least one sequence of pages adjacent the selected page;    (d) a sequence page scaler configured to scale each page in each chosen sequence of pages to a size smaller than a size of the selected page; and,    (e) a display configured to display the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages together on the display.    
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the arranger includes a sequencer configured to process the displayed job into sequential pages.  
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7  wherein the display includes a display screen.  
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 7  wherein the display includes a printer configured to print the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages onto print media.  
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 7  further including a display page scaler configured to scale the selected page.  
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the sequence page scaler further scales each page in each chosen sequence to a size smaller than the size of the scaled selected page.  
     
     
         13 . A program storage system readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program, applet, or instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps displaying multiple pages of a display job on a display, the method steps comprising: 
 (a) processing a display job into ordered pages;    (b) selecting one of the multiple pages for display;    (c) choosing at least one sequence of pages adjacent the selected page;    (d) scaling each page in each chosen sequence of pages to a size smaller than a size of the selected page; and    (e) displaying the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages together on the display. The method of  claim 7  wherein the arranger includes a sequencer for processing the displayed job into sequential pages.    
     
     
         14 . The program storage system of  claim 13  wherein the method step of processing the display job into ordered pages includes processing the displayed job into sequential pages.  
     
     
         15 . The program storage system of  claim 13  wherein the method step of displaying the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages includes exhibiting the selected page and the at least one sequence of scaled pages on a display screen.  
     
     
         16 . The program storage system of  claim 13  wherein the method step of displaying the selected page and each chosen sequence of scaled pages includes printing the selected page and the at least one sequence of scaled pages onto print media.  
     
     
         17 . The program storage system of  claim 13  wherein the method step further includes scaling the selected page.  
     
     
         18 . The program storage system of  claim 17  wherein the method step of scaling each page in each chosen sequence of pages includes scaling each page in the sequence to a size smaller than the size of the scaled selected page.